41998-Ahmed, Rami

Rami A. Ahmed, DO

Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

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Bio

Dr. Ahmed is Professor of Emergency Medicine and the former Simulation Division Chief and Medical Simulation Fellowship Director in the Department of Emergency Medicine. 

Dr. Ahmed was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio.  He completed his undergraduate degree at John Carroll University and completed his medical school training at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.  During college and medical school Dr. Ahmed served as a combat medic in the U.S. Army Reserves. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at Summa Akron City Hospital in Akron, OH. He then went on to complete his medical simulation fellowship at Harvard Medical School and his masters in health professions education (MHPE) at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

He started the first medical simulation fellowships in the state of Ohio and the state of Indiana. He developed two nationally recognized simulation programs, graduated 20 simulation fellows, served as a consultant for NASA on simulation related projects, co-developed a novel transvenous pacemaker simulator, and has published over 100 peer-reviewed simulation-based research studies. 

Dr. Ahmed was the recipient of the Donald O’Hara teaching award at Harvard Medical School in 2009, Emergency Medicine residency faculty of the year for the Akron City Emergency Medicine residency program in 2010 and 2012, the 2017 ACEP National Faculty Teaching Award, and the SAEM Simulation Academy "Distinguished Educator" award in 2020. In 2023, he was awarded the SAEM Simulation academy "Simulation Research" award. 




 

Key Publications

  • Ahmed RA*, Bajwa M*, Lababidi H, Morris M, Morton A, Mosher C, Wawersik D, Herx-Weaver A, Gross IT, Palaganas JC. Development of Distance Simulation Guidelines in Health Care- A Delphi Method Application. Simulation in Healthcare. 2023. PMID: 36598821. *Co-first authors. 
  • Ahmed RA, Cooper D, Mays CL, Wediman CM, Poore JA, Bona AM, Falvo LE, Moore MJ, Mitchell SA, Atkinson SS, Cartwright JF. Development of a Simulation Technical Competence Curriculum for Medical Simulation Fellows. Advances in Simulation. 2022. PMID: 35945638.
  • Ahmed RA, Wong AH, Musits AN, Cardell A, Cassara M, Wong NL, Smith MK, Bajaj K, Meguerdichian M, Szyld D. Accreditation of Simulation Fellowships and Training Programs: More checkboxes or elevating the field? Simulation in Healthcare. 2021. PMID: 34175883.
  • Ahmed RA,Weaver L, Falvo L, Bona A, Poore J, Schroedle K, Cooper D, Sarmiento E, Hughes M, Hobgood C. Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice: Death Notification. Clinical Teacher. March 2020.PMID: 32472732.
  • Hughes PG, Hughes KE, Ahmed RA. Does my PPE really work? A simulation based approach. Medical Education. March 2020. PMID:32333405.
  • Meguerdichian M, Bajaj K, Walker K, Cheng A, Ahmed RA. Simulation Fellowships: Survey of Current Summative Assessment Practices. Simulation in Healthcare. 2019. PMID: 31596770.
  • Ahmed RA, Botsch A, Ballas D, Benner A, Hammond J, Schnick T, Khobrani A, George R, Polansky M. Advanced Practice Provider Critical Care Boot Camp: A Simulation-Based Curriculum. Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development. 2019. PMID: 31001592.
  • Riefkohl-Ortiz E, Yee J, Gothard MD, Frey J, Hughes PG, Ballas D, Ahmed RA. Iatrogenic Critical Care Procedure Complication Boot Camp: A Simulation Based Pilot Study. Academic Emergency Medicine Education and Training. PMID: 31008431.
  • Gardner AK, DW Gee, Ahmed RA. Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA’s) for Simulation Leaders:The Time Has Come. Journal of Surgical Education. 2018.PMID:29653840.
  • Ahmed RA, Hughes PG, Wong A, Gable BD, Gray K, Ballas D, Khobrani A, Selley RD, McQuown C. Iatrogenic emergency medicine procedure complications and associated trouble-shooting strategies: a narrative review. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance. 2018.
  • Ciullo A, Yee J, Frey JA, Gothard MD, Benner A, Hammond J, Ballas D, Ahmed RA. Telepresent mechanical ventilation training versus traditional instruction: A simulation- based pilot study. British Medical Journal of Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning. 2018. 
  • Ahmed RA. Our first simulator-A fond farewell. Academic Medicine. 2017. PMID: 28654538.
  • Ahmed RA, McCaroll M, Schwartz A, Gothard MD, Atkinson S, Hughes PG, Cepeda Brito J, Assad L, Myers J, George R. Development, Validation, and Implementation of a Medical Judgment Metric. Medical Decision Making Policy & Practice. 2017. 
  • Ahmed RA, Hughes K, Hughes PG. The blindfolded code training exercise. The Clinical Teacher. 2017. 
  • Ahmed RA, Hughes PG. Simulation Directors as Improvement Leaders. Physician Leadership Journal. Jan-Feb 2017. 
  • Ahmed RA, Frey JA, Hughes PG, Tekian A. Simulation Fellowship Programs in Graduate Medical Education. Academic Medicine. June 2017.  PMID:28590944.
  • Ahmed RA, Atkinson SS, Gable B, Yee J, Gardner AK. Coaching From the Sidelines: Examining the Impact of Teledebriefing in Simulation-Based Training. Simulation in Healthcare. October  2016.(11)5:334-339. PMID: 27388866.
  • Ahmed RA, Frey J, Gardner A, Gordon JA, Yudkowsky R, Tekian A. Characteristics and core curricular elements of medical simulation fellowships in North America. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. May 2016. PMID: 27168898.
  • Gardner AK, Ritter EM, Paige JT, Ahmed RA, Fernandez G, Dunkin BJ. Simulation-Based Selection of Surgical Trainees: Considerations, Challenges, and Opportunities. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. September 2016: 223(3):530-536. PMID: 27214775.
  • Yee J, Fuenning C, George R, Hejal R, Haines N, Dunn D, Gothard MD, Ahmed RA. Mechanical Ventilation Boot Camp: A Simulation-Based Pilot Study. Critical Care Research and Practice. 2016 February. PMID: 26949545.
  • Ahmed RA, Gardner AK, Atkinson SS, Gable BD. Teledebriefing: Connecting Learners to Faculty. Clinical Teacher. 2014 July; 11(4): 270-3. PMID: 24917095.
  • Gardner AK, Ahmed RA, George RL, Frey JA. In Situ Simulation to Assess Workplace Attitudes and Effectiveness in a New Facility. Simulation in Healthcare. 2013 Dec; 8(6): 351-8. PMID: 24096917.

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